Level of physical activity among school going Children with cerebral palsy.

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to find out the level of physical activity among school going children with cerebral palsy. Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe the various level of physical activity of the students of class 2- class 5 with cerebral palsy. Methodology: This was a cross-sectional study design in which a total 60 participants were selected conveniently for this study from William and merry taylor school. Data was collected by using International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) to evaluate physical activity level. Descriptive statistics was used for data analysis which was displayed through table, pie chart and bar chart. It was analyzed by SPSS software version 20.0. Result: Among 60 participants maximum 70.0% (n=42) didn’t work any vigorous physical activity for not a single day. 48.3% (n=29) didn’t work any moderate physical activity for not a single day. 23.3 % (n=14) did moderate physical activity 6-7 days in a week. Maximum 120 minutes time spend for doing moderate physical activity on of those days. 41.7% (n=25). Participants walked 6-7 days at least 10 minutes at a time. They spend maximum 0-60 minutes by walking on of those day and their percentage is 31.7% (n=19). Maximum participants were not sure how much time they spend sitting every day. Analyses showed that age, class, gender were significantly associated with vigorous & moderate levels of physical activity for children with CP. Conclusion: In this study lower levels of physical activity were found in Children with cerebral palsy students. They had significantly lower daily Activity energy expenditure. They did not achieve the healthy moderate to heavy physical activity level. Keywords: Cerebral palsy, vigorous activity, moderate activity,